Camberwell North (UK Parliament constituency)

Camberwell North
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
County	County of London
1885 (1885)–1950 (1950)
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Peckham
Created from	Lambeth

Camberwell North was a borough constituency located in the Metropolitan Borough of Camberwell, in South London. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Camberwell North in the Metropolitan Board of Works area, showing boundaries used from 1885 to 1918.

Camberwell North in the Parliamentary County of London from 1918 to 1949.

The constituency was created for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1950 general election.

Members of Parliament

Year		Member	Party
	1885	Richard Strong	Liberal
	1886	John Richards Kelly	Conservative
	1892	Edward Hodson Bayley	Liberal
	1895	Philip Hugh Dalbiac	Conservative
	1900	Thomas James Macnamara	Liberal
	1918	Henry Newton Knights	Coalition Conservative
	1922	Charles Ammon	Labour
	1931	Arthur Leonard Bateman	Conservative
	1935	Charles Ammon	Labour
	1944 by-election	Cecil Manning	Labour
1950		constituency abolished

Election results

Election in the 1940s

General Election 5 July 1945: Camberwell, North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Cecil Aubrey Gwynne Manning	7,186	76.6
	Conservative	E.R. Mayer	1,394	14.9
	Independent National	T.F.R. Disher	794	8.5
Majority			5,792	61.7
Turnout			15,506	60.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Camberwell North by-election, 30 March 1944
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Cecil Aubrey Gwynne Manning	2,655	79.8
	Independent	T.F.R. Disher	674	20.2
Majority			1,981	59.6
Turnout			29,661	11.2
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Election in the 1930s

General Election 14 November 1935: Parliamentary Borough of Camberwell, North Division Composed of the wards of Coburg, Marlborough, North Peckham, St George's of the Metropolitan Borough of Camberwell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charles George Ammon	11,701	64.7	+16.6
	Conservative	Thomas Ballantyne Martin	5,924	32.8	-9.1
	Independent	T F R Disher	451	2.5	N/A
Majority			5,777	32.0
Turnout			18,076	55.6	-2.7
	Labour gain from Conservative

General Election 27 October 1931: Parliamentary Borough of Camberwell, North Division Composed of the wards of Coburg, Marlborough, North Peckham, St George's of the Metropolitan Borough of Camberwell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Arthur Leonard Bateman	10,634	51.9
	Labour	Charles George Ammon	9,869	48.1
Majority			765	3.7
Turnout			20,503	58.3
	Conservative gain from Labour

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 30 May 1929: Parliamentary Borough of Camberwell, North Division Composed of the wards of Coburg, Marlborough, North Peckham, St George's of the Metropolitan Borough of Camberwell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charles George Ammon	13,051	57.9	+3.0
	Conservative	Leo St. Clare Grondona	5,228	23.2	-13.5
	Liberal	Dr Hugh John Edwards	4,244	18.8	+10.4
Majority			7,823	34.7	+16.6
Turnout			225,23	63.0	-6.7

General Election 30 October 1924: Parliamentary Borough of Camberwell, North Division Composed of the wards of Coburg, Marlborough, North Peckham, St George's of the Metropolitan Borough of Camberwell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charles George Ammon	11,300	54.9	-9.3
	Conservative	Dame Helen Gwynne-Vaughan	7,564	36.7	+0.9
	Liberal	V Duval	1,729	8.4	+8.4
Majority			3,736	18.1
Turnout			20,593	69.7
	Labour hold

General Election 6 December 1923: Parliamentary Borough of Camberwell, North Division Composed of the wards of Coburg, Marlborough, North Peckham, St George's of the Metropolitan Borough of Camberwell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charles George Ammon	10,620	64.2	+13.4
	Conservative	Dame Helen Gwynne-Vaughan	5,934	35.8	-13.4
Majority			4,686	28.3	+26.7
Turnout			16,554	56.9	+0.2
	Labour hold

General Election 15 November 1922: Parliamentary Borough of Camberwell, North Division Composed of the wards of Coburg, Marlborough, North Peckham, St George's of the Metropolitan Borough of Camberwell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charles George Ammon	8,320	50.8	-13.4
	Conservative	Dame Helen Gwynne-Vaughan	8,066	49.2	+13.4
Majority			254	1.6	-6.2
Turnout			16,386	56.7	+5.9
	Labour hold

Camberwell North by-election, 20 February 1922
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charles Ammon	7,854	53.9
	Conservative	Richard James Meller	6,719	46.1
Majority			1,135	7.8
Turnout			28,709	50.8
	Labour gain from Coalition Conservative

Election in the 1910s

General Election 14 December 1918: Camberwell, North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Coalition Conservative	Henry Newton Knights	6,010	58.0
	Liberal	George Hearn	2,177	21.0
	Labour	Charles Ammon	2,175	21.0
Majority			3,833	37.0
Turnout			26,416	39.2
	Coalition Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Elections in the 1900s

General Election 17 January 1906: Camberwell, North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas James Macnamara	6,314	64.4	+8.6
	Conservative	Charles H Hoare	3,497	35.6	-8.6
Majority			2,817	28.7	+13.3
	Liberal hold

General Election 3 October 1900: Camberwell, North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas James Macnamara	4,820	55.8	+10.7
	Conservative	Joseph Robert Diggle	3,825	44.2	-10.3
Majority			1,335	15.4
	Liberal gain from Conservative

Election in the 1890s

General Election 16 July 1895: Camberwell, North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Philip Hugh Dalbiac	4,009	54.5
	Liberal	Edward Hodson Bayley	3,316	45.1
	Independent Labour	Nelson Palmer	32	0.4
Majority			693	9.4
	Conservative gain from Liberal

General Election 1892: Camberwell, North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Edward Hodson Bayley	4,295	55.5	11.2
	Conservative	John Richards Kelly	3,450	44.5	-6.6
Majority			845	11.0
Turnout			11,133	69.6
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Elections in the 1880s

General Election 1886: Camberwell, North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Richards Kelly	2,717	51.1	2.4
	Liberal	Edward Hodson Bayley	2,352	44.3	-7.0
	Ind. Liberal Unionist	William Pirie Duff	246	4.6
Majority			365	6.8
Turnout			8,603	61.8
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

General Election 1885: Camberwell, North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Richard Strong	3,137	51.3
	Conservative	Wilfrid Scawen Blunt	2,975	48.7
Majority			162
Turnout			8,603	71.0
	Liberal gain

References

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 1)
• British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Macmillan Press 1974)
• Debrett’s Illustrated Heraldic and Biographical House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1886
• Debrett’s House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1901
• Debrett’s House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1918